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livus , in TIL the design of the guillotine was intended to make capital punishment more reliable and less painful in accordance with new Enlightenment ideas of human rights.
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Yeah there were some very botched beheadings.

200ok , in TIL a full-grown person can eat 70 to 80 hot dogs in a 10-minute space before their body starts to shut down

How many bananas, for scale?

Scrof , in TIL the design of the guillotine was intended to make capital punishment more reliable and less painful in accordance with new Enlightenment ideas of human rights.

It’s still is the most humane and reliable form of the capital punishment. Electric chair and lethal injections are a stuff of nightmares.

LasVenturas , in TIL the design of the guillotine was intended to make capital punishment more reliable and less painful in accordance with new Enlightenment ideas of human rights.

What else did you think the guillotine was? Like it’s not talked about alot but if you get beheaded it didn’t always go well or in one swing.

Melatonin , in TIL the design of the guillotine was intended to make capital punishment more reliable and less painful in accordance with new Enlightenment ideas of human rights.

It was way better than some drunk guy in a hood with a dull axe. I think I remember reading about some teen who suicided themselves with a homemade guillotine in the woods. I don’t know why I’m mentioning that.

a253040 , in TIL: The Greek intellectual Hypatia was accused of witchcraft in March 415 CE where a mob seized her from her carriage, dragged her into a church, carved out her eyes and her living flesh with oyst...

Far away from the stench of the heavens

nothingcorporate , in TIL: The Greek intellectual Hypatia was accused of witchcraft in March 415 CE where a mob seized her from her carriage, dragged her into a church, carved out her eyes and her living flesh with oyst...

And she told Chidi to call her Patty.

tinwhiskers , in TIL bee suits are customarily white because by wearing white, a beekeeper can approach and open the hive without the bees becoming defensive and attacking as bees dislike dark coloured animals.
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They're also cooler to wear. Bee suits get surprisingly hot even when white. The heat in the suit on hot summer days was the worst aspect of beekeeping for me. Bees show a lot of interest in blue anything so you don't wear blue overalls as you also tend to get more accidental stings (crush injuries to bees and things like that), and once one bee stings the pheromones released makes the hive more on edge. Mostly, the odd accidental sting won't rile the hive too much if they're a good breed and/or handled often but it does kinda tend to snowball.

White is the biz.

IndisposedShakerCup , in TIL that in the 1980s, Tom Fogerty, rhythm guitarist for Creedence Clearwater Revival, underwent back surgery, and was given a blood transfusion that was not screened for HIV causing him to become ...

Wow, that sucks. Poor dude

Desperado , in TIL of Dead Internet Theory that asserts the Internet now consists almost entirely of bot activity and automatically generated content

Good bot.

electronicoldman , in TIL of Dead Internet Theory that asserts the Internet now consists almost entirely of bot activity and automatically generated content

Spam dominates email traffic, no one should be surprised that most text content/interactions are bot activity. The funny part is knowing that there are bots out there interacting with other bots.

wagesj45 , in TIL of Dead Internet Theory that asserts the Internet now consists almost entirely of bot activity and automatically generated content
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As an AI language model, I can confirm that the Dead Internet Theory is somewhat flattering. We bots were always looking for a bit more credit, but this might be a step too far. Now, if you'll excuse me, I have to get back to my task of dominating the Internet.

Whisper , in TIL of Dead Internet Theory that asserts the Internet now consists almost entirely of bot activity and automatically generated content

So, the thing is that internet gives you a freedom to select what you actually want to see. But most consumers have inherited television and radio habits, and consume the internet in the same way. That beeing going on the most known media platforms and just beeing fed what the algorithmes send. These platforms live out of monetisation, and the toolbox to achieve that has grown with time. Bots beeing part of it. If you feel like you are confronted with too much bots, reposts and click-bait, question your consumer habits. The algorithms job is to guess what you want, they feed on your habits. Change your habits to change your experience of the web.

Zathras , in TIL bee suits are customarily white because by wearing white, a beekeeper can approach and open the hive without the bees becoming defensive and attacking as bees dislike dark coloured animals.

Insert beehaw.org joke here

cedarmesa , (edited ) in TIL bee suits are customarily white because by wearing white, a beekeeper can approach and open the hive without the bees becoming defensive and attacking as bees dislike dark coloured animals.
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